State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,224 Nebraska births in 1976 across 560 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nebraska more than they say America.

#65Jamioutside the national top 200
#83Cody#200 nationally
#85Mindyoutside the national top 200
#87Tobyoutside the national top 200
#82Heath#195 nationally
#88Jeffoutside the national top 200
#96Wadeoutside the national top 200
#97Janelleoutside the national top 200
#71Trisha#174 nationally
#99Kirkoutside the national top 200
#80Tyler#179 nationally
#69Jody#164 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer513US #1
#2Amy340US #2
#3Angela272US #5
#4Michelle195US #6
#5Heather189US #4
#6Sarah172US #15
#7Melissa171US #3
#8Rebecca162US #12
#9Lisa156US #9
#10Jamie153US #18
#11Kimberly147US #7
#12Nicole145US #13
#13Jessica141US #8
#14Stephanie138US #11
#15Shannon133US #17
#16Sara123US #27
#17Julie120US #21
#18Amanda109US #10
#19Kelly104US #19
#20Andrea101US #25
#21Jill98US #52
#22Christina96US #14
#23Erin93US #24
#24Carrie91US #28
#25Elizabeth90US #16
#26Jaime87US #29
#27Laura80US #20
#28Amber78US #49
#29Mary72US #22
#30Wendy71US #39
#31Stacy69US #38
#32Tracy67US #37
#33Christine62US #26
#34Mandy59US #100
#35Rachel58US #23
#36Melanie56US #53
#37Brenda55US #77
#38Dawn55US #35
#39Lori55US #47
#40Tara55US #42
#41Tina55US #48
#42Heidi54US #70
#43Megan54US #62
#44Tiffany53US #32
#45Karen52US #31
#46Misty51US #46
#47Kari47US #127
#48Stacey47US #51
#49Danielle46US #33
#50Katherine46US #57
#51Courtney45US #76
#52Tammy45US #41
#53April44US #30
#54Tanya43US #61
#55Kristin42US #74
#56Ann41US #108
#57Kara41US #138
#58Emily40US #50
#59Holly40US #56
#60Kelli39US #147
#61Jodi38US #102
#62Kristi37US #104
#63Susan37US #40
#64Brandy36US #55
#65Jami36
#66Crystal34US #36
#67Erica34US #54
#68Gina33US #94
#69Jody33US #164
#70Robin33US #75
#71Trisha33US #174
#72Dana32US #64
#73Teresa32US #66
#74Renee31US #86
#75Tamara31US #91
#76Theresa31US #89
#77Cynthia29US #44
#78Kristina29US #97
#79Valerie29US #83
#80Keri28US #173
#81Michele28US #63
#82Allison27US #67
#83Kathleen27US #82
#84Katie27US #162
#85Mindy27
#86Anna26US #78
#87Kathryn26US #88
#88Sandra26US #59
#89Stacie26US #151
#90Tonya26US #58
#91Christy25US #60
#92Denise25US #69
#93Jenny25US #109
#94Natalie25US #80
#95Anne24US #124
#96Beth24US #114
#97Janelle24
#98Kristen24US #73
#99Maria24US #34
#100Nichole24US #148

Boys

#1Jason478US #2
#2Michael449US #1
#3Matthew365US #9
#4Christopher320US #3
#5Brian302US #8
#6Ryan292US #16
#7Jeremy248US #14
#8David225US #4
#9James224US #5
#10Daniel215US #10
#11Chad214US #29
#12Eric211US #13
#13Scott209US #24
#14John208US #6
#15Jeffrey202US #17
#16Robert199US #7
#17Justin171US #33
#18Andrew165US #27
#19Mark163US #25
#20Joshua160US #18
#21Joseph155US #12
#22Timothy150US #21
#23Aaron144US #30
#24Travis138US #46
#25Anthony125US #22
#26Shawn125US #34
#27Benjamin122US #32
#28Kevin121US #15
#29Steven119US #20
#30William119US #11
#31Thomas114US #23
#32Nathan109US #39
#33Adam97US #36
#34Shane91US #57
#35Richard89US #19
#36Bradley84US #51
#37Patrick83US #41
#38Paul78US #28
#39Gregory75US #35
#40Todd75US #50
#41Jonathan74US #31
#42Brandon73US #40
#43Bryan71US #43
#44Charles70US #26
#45Corey64US #64
#46Cory61US #83
#47Jesse59US #55
#48Kenneth59US #38
#49Brent58US #78
#50Douglas55US #56
#51Troy55US #73
#52Dustin54US #82
#53Sean52US #42
#54Kyle49US #80
#55Craig46US #61
#56Jeffery43US #76
#57Seth39US #128
#58Edward38US #45
#59Jamie38US #62
#60Jay38US #126
#61Ronald38US #49
#62Stephen38US #37
#63Jared37US #90
#64Donald36US #47
#65Joel36US #72
#66Nicholas36US #77
#67Tony36US #86
#68Brad35US #108
#69Samuel34US #59
#70Zachary34US #97
#71Jacob33US #63
#72Gary32US #52
#73Jon31US #111
#74Keith30US #48
#75Casey28US #123
#76Jeremiah28US #93
#77Lance28US #144
#78Randy28US #79
#79Russell27US #87
#80Tyler27US #179
#81Clinton25US #151
#82Heath25US #195
#83Cody24US #200
#84Curtis24US #105
#85Phillip24US #69
#86Larry23US #60
#87Toby23
#88Jeff22
#89Kelly22US #158
#90Peter22US #54
#91Dennis21US #66
#92Gabriel21US #81
#93Terry21US #75
#94Trevor21US #182
#95Brett20US #109
#96Wade20
#97Chris19US #154
#98Christian19US #112
#99Kirk19
#100Marcus19US #74

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑45Mandy#34
↑40Jamie#10
↑36Seth#57
↑35Courtney#51
↑33Amber#28
↑31Jody#69
↑27Melanie#36
↑27Samuel#69

Falling

↓42Tonya#90
↓33Mindy#85
↓28Marcus#100
↓27Susan#63
↓26Denise#92
↓25Anne#95
↓25Terry#93
↓23Cynthia#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.